LTE Network Failing to Exceed 12Mbps in Live Usage

Published on: 25th Jan 2010

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The download speeds on TeliaSonera's Swedish LTE network has been reported to be falling significantly short of the headline "up to 50Mbps" being advertised. Analysis by market research company Northstream found that the download speed never exceeded 12Mbps in comparison to launch demos of speeds averaging 40 Mbps.

Testing the network with an operator supplied Samsung LTEUSB
modem,
the research firm reported that the upload speed was however an
impressive
5Mbps, and network latency was also said to be very low.

However, they also reported rather frequent drops in service,
even at
locations where the signal strength indicators were full just a
second
earlier. They also reported that the drop down to HSPA did not
seem to
significantly affect the download speed.

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